CVE-2019-6116

Publication date 23 January 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

High

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

In Artifex Ghostscript through 9.26, ephemeral or transient procedures can allow access to system operators, leading to remote code execution.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
ghostscript 18.10 cosmic
Fixed 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.10.4
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.4
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.4
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.14.04.4

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3866-1
    • Ghostscript vulnerability
    • 23 January 2019

Other references